2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Housing Insecurity

During the past 12 months, was there a time when you were not able to pay your mortgage or rent?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,893 302 8.1 7.0- 9.3 3,591 91.9 90.7-93.0
-FEMALES 2,140 168 9.1 7.4-11.1 1,972 90.9 88.9-92.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,338 67 6.9 4.9- 9.6 1,271 93.1 90.4-95.1
Non-Hispanic Black 449 61 12.9 9.6-17.1 388 87.1 82.9-90.4
Other 329 36 13.1 8.7-19.2 293 86.9 80.8-91.3
AGE
18-34 340 40 12.1 8.5-16.9 300 87.9 83.1-91.5
35-44 345 39 9.9 6.8-14.2 306 90.1 85.8-93.2
45-54 335 34 10.2 6.9-14.8 301 89.8 85.2-93.1
55-64 399 36 10.4 6.3-16.6 363 89.6 83.4-93.7
65-74 411 13 6.7 2.6-15.9 398 93.3 84.1-97.4
75+ 258 *** *** *** 254 99.1 96.6-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 189 28 22.7 14.0-34.7 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 431 48 10.4 7.4-14.4 383 89.6 85.6-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 597 53 8.6 6.3-11.6 544 91.4 88.4-93.7
College Graduate 915 38 4.0 2.7- 5.7 877 96.0 94.3-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 29 22.2 14.6-32.3 114 77.8 67.7-85.4
$15,000- 24,999 212 33 15.9 10.6-23.2 179 84.1 76.8-89.4
$25,000- 34,999 238 34 16.7 10.4-25.7 204 83.3 74.3-89.6
$35,000- 49,999 196 19 10.2 5.9-17.1 177 89.8 82.9-94.1
$50,000- 74,999 251 *** *** *** 242 95.5 88.0-98.4
$75,000+ 609 *** *** *** 601 98.4 96.6-99.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 689 100 17.4 13.6-22.0 589 82.6 78.0-86.4
No 1,436 66 5.3 3.8- 7.5 1,370 94.7 92.5-96.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 66 *** *** *** 62 92.3 79.7-97.3
Non-Veteran 2,071 163 9.1 7.4-11.1 1,908 90.9 88.9-92.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 618 43 7.6 5.5-10.5 575 92.4 89.5-94.5
Regional City or Suburban County 571 40 8.3 5.8-11.9 531 91.7 88.1-94.2
Rural 951 85 10.9 7.8-15.0 866 89.1 85.0-92.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,055 81 8.2 6.3-10.6 974 91.8 89.4-93.7
Unemployed 109 25 20.7 13.1-31.0 84 79.3 69.0-86.9
Retired 618 18 5.2 2.4-10.8 600 94.8 89.2-97.6
Unable to Work 158 29 20.3 13.6-29.3 129 79.7 70.7-86.4
Other not in Labor Force 186 15 9.7 4.4-20.0 171 90.3 80.0-95.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 186 30 17.3 11.6-25.2 156 82.7 74.8-88.4
101% to 150% 209 43 18.5 13.2-25.3 166 81.5 74.7-86.8
151% to 200% 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,021 24 2.8 1.6- 4.7 997 97.2 95.3-98.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 641 57 10.0 6.5-14.9 584 90.0 85.1-93.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 840 68 10.8 7.9-14.5 772 89.2 85.5-92.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 659 43 6.7 4.8- 9.3 616 93.3 90.7-95.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 617 39 9.0 5.9-13.6 578 91.0 86.4-94.1
2nd Quartile 526 44 7.8 5.5-10.8 482 92.2 89.2-94.5
3rd Quartile 624 45 10.5 7.1-15.2 579 89.5 84.8-92.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 373 40 9.7 6.4-14.4 333 90.3 85.6-93.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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